So excited!

We will be moving this spring!
My mother in law, who was selling her house, took it off the market. She wants us to rent it from her instead!
She called us a few days ago and told us we could start moving in our things right now if we wanted.
This weekend she's bringing over empty boxes. There's so much I want to get rid of before we move again. We have too much...stuff. I have baby clothes sitting in bins. Then there's the clothes my husband and I can not fit into anymore. I have 3 closets to go through and empty as much as possible. I can't decide if I want to have a garage sale or if I want to post everything on Freecycle .
Her house will be the biggest house I've ever lived in. When my husband and I married we rented a one bedroom house. It got a little cramped when Kaeden was born. We were supposed to move the spring following Kades birth but we were slammed with unexpected bills. So we stayed in the little house. Xavier was born that June and we went from being cramped to downright squished in the little house. This past spring we moved into our current apartment. We now have 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Quite luxorious compared to the living conditions we had before. But it's still on the smallish side.
The new house we'll be moving into is also 3 bedrooms with 2 baths but it's much more spacious. The kitchen is huge. There's a deck in the backyard. I'm also happy about the silliest thing this house has...a room for the washer and dryer! Right now our w/d is in the kitchen. I hate that.

Now when I have birthday parties for the boys there's enough room for visitors. I won't feel as though everyone is sitting on top of each other. The house is all on one floor so Xavier will be able to run in and out of his bedroom without me worrying about stairs. The neighborhood is quiet and right next to a school. I'll be able to take the boys for walks again when the weather is warm. There's also a park nearby! I wish so much that we could move right now! I honestly hate living in a city.

The boys are doing great today. Yesterday Xavier was so ill. He was barely awake for 3 hours the entire day. Today he's running around and back to his old self.
Kade hasn't been as cranky. I think he senses my excitement. I told him we were moving back to our old small town. Its as though he knew what I was talking about because he started squealing with delight.
I think my family will be so much more happy. I had hoped that karma would come our way with some good fortune.

*does a happy dance*

Xavier is coming home today!

My little guy has been with my parents since Tuesday. I miss him so much! Nothing here is the same without him. Well, except I have a much cleaner house.

Kade has certainly loved his one on one time with me. I held him yesterday and he grabbed my shirt just like he used to when he was a baby. We spent our evenings sitting on the couch chit chatting about life. He especially loved me asking him if I could buy a bottle of his "Kaeden Cuteness".

I know Kade won't be happy to see his brother returning. He was rather unhappy with my parents returning Xavier last time. I guess he thought once Xavier left that meant he would never come back again.

Now that we have our tax return money I can finally buy Kade some new educational stuff, like flash cards. I plan on taking one wall in the living room and turning it into learning center.
I have found all sorts of cool things I could pin on the wall.

I really enjoy the age my kids are right now. I can honestly say I'm not much of a newborn baby person. Yea, it's a supercute age, but it's not a really interactive stage of a childs life. If I could have it my way I would go from being about 7 months pregnant to having a 12 month old baby.
Call me crazy but I would be fine with that.

WTB: More patience

My internet has been crazy for the past month. I apologize for not blogging as much but it's become almost impossible to stay on the 'net for more than 10 minutes at a time. I've contacted Comcast and our modem will be replaced soon.

Kaeden had a great speech therapy session today. There were a lot of vowel sounds. He was also responding to questions with "yea" and "no". The therapist brought along a remote controlled dog. She placed the dog on Kade's lap and he loved it! He would pet the dogs ear and even seemed visibly upset when she took the dog away once.
I wish we could afford to buy a real dog for him. But our rent would be $40 a month more, plus there would be vet bills.

Xavier has really been something else today. He was in timeout twice for not listening to me when I told him "no." He was acting out the most during Kade's therapy. I know he gets jealous of all the attention Kade gets during the hour. We've tried to include Xavier but it seems to fuel his desire to be the center of attention. It actually seems to make his behaviour worse instead of better.
I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do about this problem.

I'm also frustrated by my boys hatred of clothes. They both try their hardest to ruin their outfits. Kade repeatedly pulled out his feeding tube to let formula drip on his shirt. When I asked if he wanted his shirt off he smiled. Then he shrieked with happiness once it was taken off. Xavier still moves his diaper so he can pee on his clothes. If I acutally redressed them each time their clothes were soiled I'm guessing I would have about 1 load of laundry, if not more, of just baby clothes!

Some days I'm not sure where I get all of my patience. Just when I feel like cracking I still find myself talking calmly to the kids.